June
11. In this Farminar following a field day, Claire Orner will describe
how she and her husband, Rusty, have turned Quiet Creek Herb Farm &
School of Country Living into an educational non-profit where they focus
on teaching stewardship of the land, the person, and sustainable
practices. Claire will review how she schedules events, funding sources,
marketing strategies, support opportunities, ownership, and
collaboration, and inquiry. http://agsci.psu.edu/wagn/events/education-as-a-value-added-product-farminar

Summer Grazing Tour

June
11. Burwell. Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition and Nebraska Cattlemen. The day concludes
with an evening steak dinner at the Barta Brothers Ranch, featuring a
panel discussion with the owners from the tour stops and UNL grazing
researchers.

Farm-to-School Best Practices Webinar

June
11. First Nations Knowledge is a series of educational webinars created
and hosted by First Nations Development Institute. The series aims to
educate Native Americans who are involved in food-systems work and
agriculture, plus those who lead or work for Native nonprofit
organizations. This webinar will discuss farm-to-school programs in
Indian Country. Presenters will showcase their farm-to-school programs,
discuss the design of their programs, and share how they have mitigated
various challenges to develop successful programs. http://www.firstnations.org/node/567

First International Symposium on Elderberry

June
9-14. Columbia, Missouri. The First International Symposium on
Elderberry (Sambucus) will be the world's first gathering of
international scientists from multiple disciplines
studying all aspects of the elderberry plant and fruit, and its use as a
food and dietary supplement. Horticulturists, Botanists, Biochemists,
Food Scientists, Economists, and others will gather during peak
elderberry flowering season for several days of scientific exchange and
fellowship. http://muconf.missouri.edu/elderberrysymposium/

Short and Long Term Benefits of Cover Crops Webinar

June
13. As part of a USDA certified organic research grant, the University
of Missouri Bradford Research Center is offering four webinars. This
one-hour webinar from 2-3 p.m. features Newell Kitchen, Soil Scientist,
USDA-ARS. To join any of these webinars go to
univmissouri.adobeconnect.com/debikelly and sign in as a guest.

First Annual Iowa Women’s Landowner Conference

June
13. Brooklyn, Iowa. Women farmland owners have the potential to
transform Iowa's landscape and farm communities in significant and
positive ways, given that women own or co-ownnearly half of Iowa's
farmland. Women, Land and Legacy has partnered with Iowa Land Sales
& Farm Management to provide information to women who want to learn
more about how to care for and pass on the land. The goal of the
conference is to target the educationalneeds of women in Iowa, focusing
on their empowerment and encouraging local contacts and relationships. http://iowalandsales.com/first-annual-iowa-womens-landowner-conference/

Saturday
June 15, 1:00PM-4:00PM, Common Good Farm. Learn great crop maintenance
with the help of a good pair of shears, bamboo, and, of course, soil.
Taught by Evrett Lunquist, who is a tremendous resource on all topics
related to small scale organic farming. http://www.communitycrops.org/workshops

Introduction to Permaculture

Saturday,
June 15th, 9:00AM-12:00PM. Learn about permaculture and how to live
sustainably and grow bountiful produce with less work and
inputs. Permaculture is a design system which emulates and integrates
natural ecosystems. CROPS Executive Director Ingrid Kirst will introduce
you to basic performance principles you can implement at home as we
explore a home-scale permaculture garden. Register for Permaculture. http://www.communitycrops.org/workshops

Robinette Solstice

June
15th. Join us for the best of soul, funk and R&B with Josh Hoyer
and the Shadowboxers and opening act Jack Hotel, both from right here in
Lincoln. We'll have Robinette food artfully prepared by Rolling Fire
Catering, locally made dessert from Gelato to Go, local beer from Blue
Blood Brewing and wine from WunderRosa Winery just down the road! Visit
this link for tickets and more info! http://robinettefarms.com/solstice

June
11th. 12pm. Presenter: John Ackerly , President, Alliance for Green
Heat This webinar will look at future wood heat technologies and
policies and assess whether engineers are a match for regulators in the
US. Upcoming EPA regulations may be so strict that they may undermine
the wood stove industry, but affordable solutions could revolutionize
wood heating in the US, and help it gain far more market share. https://meeting.psu.edu/bioenergy -

Thursday June 13. North Platte. Call the Farm Hotline at 800-464-0258 to sign up.

Legal and Financial Clinic

Friday, June 14. Valentine. Call the Farm Hotline at 800-464-0258 to sign up.

Lighting for Health & Safety in Agricultural Settings

June
13th. 1pm. The goal of this one-hour webinar is to increase awareness
of the importance of lighting to the design of healthy, safe, and
accessible farm work, and to provide
technical guidance on approaches to the identification and correction
of lighting problems, particularly when assisting farm workers with
visual problems. https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ey2ehUMsAd9F1ml

Are You a Supermarket Vendor or a Super Market Vendor?

June
13th. 1pm. While marketing your products at a farmers market is a great
way to sell direct to customers and garner instant feed back about your
products, it does require you
work at providing customers with the best shopping and purchasing
experience possible, if you want repeat business. Simply putting your
products out and waiting for customers to make their selections and
then pay you is the same as shopping at the supermarket. That's called
transactional marketing. Instead, provide customers with a great
shopping experience anchored by high quality products and you'll become a
super market vendor. This is relationship marketing where the customer
experiences a value-add connection with you as the producer. This
presentation examine the traits of highly successful market vendors
including market organization, display techniques, signage,
communications at the market and through social media, and the vital
customer service techniques used by super market vendors. https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/etc-cop